After the fame and the frightening snakes…

Where am I now… Did I ever achieve anything My heart got stranded along the way And my morals all came tumbling down I found fame…and it was a whore.

Every night I went out to perform Fans wanted that piece of me Slowly at first, and then they had to have it That piece I should never have let go of…my soul But I craved the adoration, I wanted the praise.

I was so desperate and fickle and weak Giving in to the tide of fame and glory Till slowly I paid the price and it wore me down Whisky never touching the side of my throat Throwing it down so fast it had no chance.

The first time I hit the Quaaludes was out of this world But one thing leads to another And another And another The depths of Hell are paved with so-called good times.

And yet fame persists, but only for so long The pull of the Snake becomes far too much to take Till there I lay in a heap of self-induced disgust and vomit My own depravity, my own failure No lower, I could go no lower.

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Sometime we are helped when we least deserve it And the love of another is all it really ever takes I’d come to the end of my infamous road Of booze and drugs and frightening snakes I was nursed back to life once more.

My thoughts are all jumbled of times from back then The music still reaches my core like a balm Such heroes I followed, so many of them died Living like I did where our brains would get fried Yet so few of us finding a way to come home.

But yet here I am, my mind now at ease My road is quite peaceful, yet still sometimes stressed And my body though kicked and scarred from the fight Seems always a survivor, a stayer with force And for that I am grateful, as I should be of course.

Fame, was it worth it, I ask myself that When I let my mind wander, as I sometimes do I know that I’m glad that I reached to this end But I’m only the proof of a far greater love Of the woman beside me, and that Guardian above.

Thoughts

The answer to almost everything can be found in better education. Open your eyes and really see the world through them.

Read too many books, not possible is it? Hear too much music, not likely either.

Always look for the good in people, but remember, sometimes you may have to delve quite deeply. Also remember that kindness is not entirely its own reward...we all have to eat. That's eat...not over-eat.

Try not to hurt people. You wouldn't like it would you!

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